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Cannibalism, wife-swapping, head shrinking and ritual killing of wives and slaves should not be mourned by anyone. I once read about a culture in Africa in which a woman’s only child was killed as as an infant because the baby’s first tooth grew in on the top rather than the bottom (which is more usual). It was an ancient belief in their culture that such a baby brings curses upon the community and must be killed to “save” the community from all manner of catastrophes. I personally think it’s better for a child, and less sad, for them to lose their culture and traditions than to lose their life because their first tooth came in in the “wrong” order. And how about that “female circumcision”? I personally think it’s better for a child, and less sad, for them to lose their culture and traditions than to lose part of their female genitalia to a rusty razor or to have their genitalia sewn shut to “ensure” chastity until marriage. (I say “ensure” because my aunt, who is a nurse, once had a patient from Indonesia come in to see her for a medical examination. The woman had been sewn closed, yet was heavily pregnant. Had she not come to see my aunt and not had the stitching removed, she would have died in child-birth.)Yes, that is the point I’m trying to make. Thank you. There are cultures that take Christainity and blend it in quite nicely to their own culture. I’m glad to hear that missionaries consider this now.
